Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whatever you may have against the Fascist regime and the Mussolini dictatorship (if you like) at its very worst, it has never interfered with the personal habits of anyone, and in Italy we don't have to pay for the support of a lot of Izzy Einsteins, nor are we tied to a paternal government's apron-strings in respect of the beverages we want to drink. That may not be much, but it is something...
...interest is in the Republican choice. There are three candidates. Senator Pepper, running for renomination, is backed by the Mellons and the organization of the western part of the state. Cyrus E. Woods, former Ambassador, is managing Mr. Pepper's campaign. He is Dry and his issue is support of the Administration. The second candidate is Governor Pinchot, fighting for nomination on the ground that he is Dryer than Pepper. He has a good bit of the church vote and also of the miner vote-important in Pennsylvania. The third is Congressman William S. Vare, boss of the Philadelphia...
Santa Ysabel. Señor Rodrigo Octavio, the Brazilian President of the U. S.-Mexican Special Claims Commission, held with the support of the Mexican Commissioner, Fernando Gonzales Roa, that no indemnity shall be paid to the relatives of 15 U. S. mining operatives massacred in January, 1916, near Santa Ysabel, Chihuahua, Mexico. Judge Ernest B. Perry, the U. S. Commissioner, being thus outvoted, rendered a dissenting minority opinion. The commission forthwith adjourned until September...
...Morgan & Co. last fall headed a syndicate of 1,000 banks to float this loan, which was made immediately upon the arrangement of the Italian debt settlement. Enthusiasts oversubscribed the bonds at 94%, but their subsequent sale has been most lethargic. Last week the bankers withdrew their support, and the quotations dropped at once to around 89 with very little turnover...
...materially strengthened as a result of the general strike. The Labor Party has been confirmed in this great conflict of wills, and also I am sure that students who are seeking some intelligent solution for the serious social and industrial problems which face the British nation will come to support the principles which the Labor Party stood for in this strike...